Arts
THIS EPISODE: David O'Mahony, who is currently in Mamma Mia , in the West End, and I have coffee and chat about our most powerful musical experiences, the trials of doing an 8 or 9 show week, the stigma around movie musicals and much more!David trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama culminating with a performance in their 2006 Centenary concert at the Old Vic. Prior to that he read Drama and History at Brunel University.2013 saw David’s debut on the West End in ‘The Bodyguard’ with the roles of ‘Douglas’ and ‘Skip’ and covering ‘The Stalker’ (35+ performances), ‘Ray Court’ (50+ performances) and ‘Frank Farmer’ (The Bodyguard). The cast included Beverley Knight, Alexandra Burke, Tristan Gemmill, Debbie Kurup, and Stephen Marcus.In between theatre contracts David has appeared in over 10 short films in the last three years, with many being entered in to film festivals; these can be seen featured in his show-reel. Characters have included a lover (inept and adept!), a drug addict, a zombie, an alien and a hit man. Prior to ‘The Bodyguard’, David toured the USA with ‘Batman Live’ in sell out performances at Arenas across the USA including the Staples Centre in LA, the American Airlines Centre in Dallas, and cities including Kansas City, Anaheim, St Paul and Las Vegas.He has performed all over the World: From Florida State Television to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. In the UK, he has performed in the West End, filmed at Pinewood Studios, appeared on TV dramas (being killed in 2/3 of them) and on live TV. He has appeared at theatres up and down the country in plays, musicals and variety shows. Most recently he played the ‘Prince’ in ‘Snow White’ at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford for Michael Harrison and Qdos Entertainment.David continues to develop his skill set by regularly attending workshops at the Actors Guild and Actors Centre working with Directors and Casting Directors and in 2015 he is learning to horse ride! He has a long running association with Leontine Hass's Associated Studios programme as a student and workshop leader and trains with Emma Trow, Nikki Laurence, Leontine Hass and Stuart Barr.https://www.davidomahony.co.uk/